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Last action · March 24, 2025
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 76)

Introduced January 7, 2025

House
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to public employee benefits.

Amend KRS 61.598 to exempt from the pension spiking provisions any increases in rates of pay authorized or funded by the legislative or administrative body of an employer or mandated in a collective bargaining agreement approved by the legislative body of the employer that are provided to members of the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, or State Police Retirement System.

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This bill changes the rules around "pension spiking" — a term for last-minute pay raises that can artificially inflate an employee's retirement benefit. It creates an exemption so that pay increases officially approved or funded by a government employer, or required by a collective bargaining agreement, will not be penalized under those anti-spiking rules for members of three Kentucky public retirement systems. This means workers who receive legitimate, government-authorized raises near retirement will not have…

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Legislative History

Mar 24, 2025 · House
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 76)
Mar 14, 2025 · House
Delivered To Governor (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate
Mar 14, 2025 · House
Enrolled, Signed By Speaker Of The House
Mar 14, 2025 · House
Passed 92-0
Yea: 92
Nay: 0
Absent: 8
Mar 14, 2025 · House
House Concurred In Senate Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title) (clerical)
Mar 13, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In Senate Committee Substitute (1), And Committee Amendment (1-Title) (clerical)
Mar 13, 2025 · House
Taken From Rules (H) (clerical)
Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
Passed 38-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Yea: 38
Nay: 0
Feb 19, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 92-0
Yea: 92
Nay: 0
Absent: 8

Primary Sponsor

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John Blanton

Representative · House District 092

Primary sponsor
John.Blanton@kylegislature.gov

Co-sponsors (6)

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Portrait of Chris Fugate

Chris Fugate

Representative · House District 084

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Chris.Fugate@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of David Hale

David Hale

Representative · House District 074

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David.Hale@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Bobby McCool

Bobby McCool

Representative · House District 097

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Bobby.McCool@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Tom Smith

Tom Smith

Representative · House District 086

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Tom.Smith@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Ashley Tackett Laferty

Ashley Tackett Laferty

Representative · House District 095

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Ashley.TackettLaferty@kylegislature.gov
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Portrait of Wade Williams

Wade Williams

Representative · House District 004

Co-sponsor
wade.williams@kylegislature.gov

Bill Text Versions

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